温和的民主党候选人埃里克·亚当斯纽约市长周日说他的党员应该从他的胜利中看到，“我们不能太理想化，以至于不现实。”
亚当斯告诉美国广播公司《本周》主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯:“整个美国的城市都在遭受伤害，纽约就是这种痛苦的化身——不平等、枪支暴力、缺乏对日常蓝领工人的真正照顾。“而且我们已经失败了这么多年。我们允许特朗普政府的影响在哲学上有所过度，而不是在纽约人日常面临的实际问题上。”
"那么，称你为反觉醒民主党人公平吗?"斯特凡诺普洛斯问道。
“不，我——我已经——我们中的一些人从来没有睡觉。这就是问题所在，”亚当斯回应道。
纽约市长提名人埃里克·亚当斯告诉记者@ GStephanopoulos:“我们(民主党人)不能如此理想化，以至于不现实。”乔治:“称你为反觉醒民主党人公平吗?”亚当斯:“我们有些人从来不睡觉。”https://t.co/zw6gzexARspic.twitter.com/Dv3S1jhYOy
—本周(@本周ABC)2021年7月11日
亚当斯以微弱优势赢得了该市民主党市长初选没有多少余地在全市首次重大选举中采用排名选择投票。他将在大选中面对守护天使创始人、共和党提名人柯蒂斯·斯利瓦，但现任布鲁克林区区长亚当斯被广泛认为是接替即将离任的市长比尔·白思豪的最佳人选。
作为一名前警察队长，在平衡种族正义的同时打击暴力犯罪的上升一直是亚当斯竞选的焦点。
“一个为改革、为公共安全而战的35年记录，一个被警察逮捕、被警察殴打的人，还因为帮派对帮派的暴力而失去了一个朋友的孩子。所以我从来没有睡觉，”他说。“最终意识到这里存在问题的人相信，他们可以瓜分整个民主党议程。”
一些进步的民主党人批评亚当斯支持有争议的警务策略。
“你没有从停止和搜身后退——在竞选期间为此受到了一些压力。你如何平衡预防犯罪和警察改革?”斯特凡诺普洛斯问亚当斯。
“有可能他们一起去，你可以有公共安全和改革，我知道这一点，”亚当斯回答。
“我们应该如何评价你?”斯特凡诺普洛斯问亚当斯。"在第一学期定义成功."
“公共安全，”亚当斯回答。“这是繁荣的先决条件。”
“我们必须这样做。第一，我的高收入人群，他们——65000名纽约人支付了我们51%的所得税。你跟他们说，税不是问题。公共安全是问题所在。我们会让他们知道这个城市会很安全，”他说。“如果我们没有一个安全的地铁系统，没有人会填满这些办公楼，也不会养活我们正在寻找的经济。”
“我们希望成为一个安全的城市，我们希望做好再次做生意的准备，”他补充道。“我们要名副其实。这是一个帝国。我们想建立帝国。”
Democrats 'can't be so idealistic that we're not realistic,' Eric Adams says
Eric Adams, the moderate Democratic nominee forNew YorkCity mayor, said Sunday thatmembers of his partyshould see from his victory that "we can't be so idealistic that we're not realistic."
"Cities are hurting all across America and New York personifies that pain -- the inequalities, the gun violence, the lack of really looking after everyday blue-collar workers, I like to say," Adams told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. "And we have failed for so many years. And we've allowed the fallout of the Trump administration to have an overreach in philosophy and not on-the-ground, real issues that are facing everyday New Yorkers."
"So is it -- is it fair to call you an anti-woke Democrat?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"No, I -- I've -- some of us never went to sleep. That's the problem," Adams responded.
New York City mayoral nominee Eric Adams tells@GStephanopoulos: "We (Democrats) cannot be so idealistic that we're not realistic."George: "Is it fair to call you an anti-woke Democrat?"Adams: "Some of us never went to sleep."https://t.co/zw6gzexARspic.twitter.com/Dv3S1jhYOy
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)July 11, 2021
Adams won the city's Democratic primary for mayor by anarrow marginin the city's first major election using ranked-choice voting. He will face Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, in the general election, but Adams, the current Brooklyn borough president, is widely considered the favorite to replace outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio.
As a former police captain, combating the rise in violent crime while balancing racial justice has been a focal point of Adams' campaign.
"A 35-year record of fighting for reform, for public safety, a person who was arrested by police, assaulted by police, but also lost a child of a friend to gang -- to gang violence. And so I never went to sleep," he said. "And people who have finally realized that there are issues out here believe that they can carve the entire Democratic agenda."
Some progressive Democrats have criticized Adams' support for controversial policing tactics.
"You didn't back away from stop and frisk -- took some heat for that during the campaign. How do you balance preventing crime and police reform?" Stephanopoulos asked Adams.
"It's possible they go together, you can have public safety and reform, I know it," Adams replied.
"How should we judge you?" Stephanopoulos asked Adams. "Define success in a first term."
"Public safety," Adams answered. "That's the prerequisite to prosperity."
"Here's what we must do. Number one, my high income earners, they -- 65,000 New Yorkers pay 51% of our income taxes. You speak with them, the tax is not the problem. Public safety is the problem. We're going to let them know that this city is going to be safe," he said. "If we don't have a safe subway system, no one is going to fill these office buildings, and it is not going to feed our economy that we're looking for."
"We want to be a safe city, and we want to be ready to do business again," he added. "We're going to live up to our name. This is an Empire State. We want to build empires."
